Mizuta Aketo heard Nogi Noshinori's words and immediately asked, "General Nogi, the landing of Lin Yuan's troops from Qingjin will have a very adverse impact on our battle situation, how can you say that they are looking for death?" ”

Nogi Noshinori said with a smile: "Lin Yuan's troops landed from the sea, and the lone army went deep, and logistics supply and reinforcements are all problems, so aren't they looking for death?" ”

Mizuta Mingyuan asked, "Then how should we fight?" ”

Nogi Noshinori said: "First of all, you must put away the beachhead near Qingjin, and you must not let Lin Yuan's large army land here, and then I will mobilize the defenders in the direction of Jizhou to rush to support you and annihilate Lin Yuan's troops in one fell swoop!" ”

Shuitian Mingyuan said: "But Lin Yuan's troops are already moving towards my beachhead, and their purpose is very clear, to take down our beachhead in one fell swoop!" Our fortifications are all facing the sea, and it will be difficult to cope with an attack from behind! ”

When Nogi Noshinori heard this, he was furious and said, "Do you want me to teach you how to fight defensive battles myself?" ”

Mizuta Mingyuan hurriedly said: "Yes, I will discuss these things with the head of the Aso Division."

It was 11 o'clock in the evening of February 11, and the second regiment under Lin Yuan had landed ashore and marched towards the Japanese No. 3 landing site.

The closest to the rocky beach are the Japanese army's material and ammunition storage warehouses, which are permanent military warehouses with thick reinforced concrete walls on the outside, a total of six, about 400 meters away from each other, lined up.

When the commander of the second regiment saw these warehouses, he thought: "These warehouses are important firepower points, if we want to bypass and attack the Japanese beachhead, then we will definitely suffer from the enemy, so to fight the No. 3 position, we must first hit these six warehouses." However, these six warehouses are close to the road built by the Japanese army, and it is very likely that the Japanese tank troops stationed in the city of Cheongjin will rush to reinforce them! Not only the tank troops, but also the 8th Division in Kiyojin Castle will be reinforced. ”

The mall then ordered Li Yunda, the commander of the tank battalion, to lead a tank company and an infantry company to set up an ambush on the road to block the Japanese reinforcements.

Mall then ordered the rest of the troops to attack the outermost Japanese warehouse No. 1, which would not be caught by the other warehouse defenders.

The 2nd Regiment had learned the lesson of the 1st Regiment being suppressed by the Japanese artillery, and when it landed, it brought with it three 122-mm self-propelled howitzer trucks, which came in handy at this time, and the shells roared and smashed into the wall of the warehouse, and the wall was suddenly blown open several large openings.

According to the information obtained in advance, there was only one squad in the Japanese warehouse, a garrison of more than 30 people, and the rest were Korean civilians who were captured as coolies, so the mall ordered: The infantry immediately attacked the warehouse!

The infantry then set off with the tank, but as soon as they approached the warehouse, they heard the sound of machine guns on the wall of the warehouse, and the sound of automatic rifles "popping", the infantry was caught off guard, and more than a dozen were knocked down in an instant, and the rest hid behind the tanks.

The tank commander immediately went out of the hatch and hid in the protective cover of the anti-aircraft machine gun, which was proposed to be installed by Lin Yuan when he was in Mongolia, and the subsequent model of the tank has been retained.

Only then did the commander report to the mall: "Regiment commander, the Japanese defenders are very strong, and there is definitely not only one squad. ”

The mall thought to himself, "Could it be that the information is inaccurate?" It shouldn't be! That's when the Japanese army increased its troops to the warehouse! Regardless of them, the purpose of our operation is to seize the Japanese beachhead and create conditions for the landing of large forces, and we cannot spend too much time and energy on these small warehouses. ”

So the mall asked the staff around him, what is in this warehouse?

The staff officer replied: "According to our intelligence, this warehouse is a quilt warehouse, and it is filled with cotton clothes and quilts. ”

Mall nodded and said, "Okay, let our troops withdraw first, and then let the self-propelled artillery unit put incendiary bombs, and when there is a fire inside, we will attack the next warehouse!" ”

The so-called incendiary bomb is a substance that produces high heat when burning such as thermite is added to the shell, and after the explosion, the surrounding objects are ignited with heat, and the shell falls into the Japanese warehouse and explodes, and the high temperature instantly ignites the cotton clothes and quilts inside, and the fire is soaring for a while.

When the mall saw the Japanese warehouse on fire, he thought, "The Japanese army inside will definitely not be able to come out to fight us, so we should attack the next warehouse!" So the mall ordered: "Attack the second warehouse!" ”

At this moment, a message came from the front-line troops: "A lot of North Koreans have come out of the warehouses and come to our troops. ”

The mall immediately asked, "What did they come to us for?" ”

The front-line commander said: "They came to us for protection. ”

Mall's heart moved, and he thought, "This is a good opportunity to learn about the Japanese defenders!" So the mall said, "Send me the leader of the house." ”

The front-line commander agreed, and a middle-aged man in North Korean clothes came to the mall, and the mall hurriedly asked, "How many Japanese defenders are in the warehouse?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "Originally, there was only one squad, but this evening, a large number of Japanese soldiers suddenly broke in, and then joined forces with the soldiers of the original squad to defend together. ”

As soon as the mall heard this, he thought: "I understand, it turns out that these Japanese soldiers were all scattered by our air force tonight, they may have hid in the warehouse for their crimes, we don't want to fight with them, just put the incendiary bombs into the warehouse, and the people in the warehouse will be too busy to take care of themselves, and they won't care about us at all." ”

So the mall asked the staff officer: "What is in the No. 2 warehouse?" ”

The staff officer said: "It's all medicine and food. ”

Mall smiled and said, "Grain? This is also something that is easy to burn, order our artillery, and then fire incendiary bombs. The artillery was shooting the shells in, and at this moment, only the dense gunfire was heard from the direction of the road, and a staff officer came over to report: "Regiment commander, Li Yunda reports: The battle situation is not optimistic with the Japanese reinforcements!" ”

Mall said: "Not optimistic? What do you mean? ”

"According to the reaction of our troops, the Japanese tanks have used new shells, and the armor on our tanks can no longer protect the tanks as before," said the staff officer. ”

Mall frowned and said, "New shells? Is it the kind that the first group encountered? ”

The staff officer shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet!" ”